Of All The Poems I Have Written And Forgotten Poem by Shalom Freedman

OF ALL THE POEMS I HAVE WRITTEN AND FORGOTTEN

Of all the poems written and forgotten
Are there any worthy of remembrance?

I go on losing my poems as I make more of them-
The same old story
The future calls
And the past is forgotten
And all futures
Become past.

When will I learn to remember
My own work?
To cherish it
As I do that of others?

Line after line
Racing into the distance
Of a never- to- be – known
And forever forgotten
Unreality.